View the winners of NABJ’s 2019 Salute to Excellence Awards below.
See their winning work by clicking on the entry titles.
The Salute to Excellence Awards highlight the work of media organizations and individuals involved in collegiate, digital, print, television, radio, photojournalism, podcasting and public relations/marketing categories.
The winners were announced during NABJ’s record-breaking Convention & Career Fair in Miami, Florida in August.
For questions about the winner’s work or links, you may click the winner’s name to access their contact information.
Radio – Top 15 Markets
Radio – Top 15 Markets – Feature
American Anthem: This Little Light of Mine
Eric Charles Deggans – St. Petersburg, FL
WNYC, New York, N.Y.
Radio – Top 15 Markets – News: Series
Chicago’s Black Communities Hit Hardest in Opioid Overdoses
Lakeidra D. Chavis, Robert Wildeboer
WBEZ Chicago Public Media
Special Series: Black Infant Mortality
KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, Pasadena, KPCC-FM, LAist
Radio – Top 15 Markets – Investigative
Where’s Granny?: Exposing the Cracks in Pennsylvania’s Guardianship System
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
KYW News Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Radio – Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment
The Florida Roundup: How Racism Persists In Latin American Communities
Jessica Bakeman, Nadege Green, Brenda Medina, Bridget O’Brien
“No One Feels Safe:” How Gun Violence Affects Local Students
Ingalisa Schrobsdorff, Jeremy Bernfeld, The Kojo Nnamdi Show
WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Investigative
Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Dylan Purcell
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Specialty
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Sports
To Those Who Knew Reggie Lewis Best, Fond Memories are Always Front and Center
Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Single Story
Residents Around Detroit’s ‘Red Zone’ Want Better for Community
Nicquel Terry Ellis
The Detroit News
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – News: Series
A RE:Race Project Studying the Health of the Country’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Special Project
Detroit’s Demolition Program Under Fire for Lack Of Diversity
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Business
Newsday, Melville, NY
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Commentary
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Single Story
Bringing a Dark Chapter to Light: Maryland Confronts its Lynching Legacy
Jonathan M. Pitts
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – International
The Miami Herald/ Pulitzer Center, Miami, FL
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Copy Editing
Headlines by Janet Graham, Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Regional Over 100,000 – Feature: Series
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
Television Top 15 Markets
Television Top 15 Markets – Sports
Lesli Foster, Sarah Gahagan, James Hash, Darlene Dyer, Skye Beitler
WUSA9, Washington, D.C.
Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Program
Boston’s Black History: Inspiring our Future
Boston 25 WFXT, Dedlham, MA
Television Top 15 Markets – Specialty
From Prison to Purpose: A Mother’s Path to Redemption
KARE TV, Minneapolis, MN
Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs: Segment
Fresh Food, Health Needs Meet in Mattapan
Tina Martin, Stephanie Leydon, Howard Powell
WGBH News, Boston, MA
Television Top 15 Markets – Investigative
Exclusive: Alleged Coverup by Public Housing Staff
WCBS-TV, New York, N.Y.
Television Top 15 Markets – Public Affairs Interview/Discussion
Bounce Detroit – Spotlight on the News: Inside Michigan’s African American Vote
Pravin Sitaraman, Wesley Heath, Mike Batey, Chuck Stokes
WXYZ/Channel 7, Southfield, MI
Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Long From
Emerald Sierra Morrow, Gene Yagle, Marcus Grayson, Jim Glynn, Eric Bungay
WTSP-TV (CBS), St. Petersburg, FL
Television Top 15 Markets – General Assignment News: Short From
Atlanta Remembers Aretha Franklin
WAGA-TV, Atlanta, GA
Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Short Form
Through a Glass Darkly: 1001 Black Men
KPIX 5, San Francisco, CA
Television Top 15 Markets – Feature: Long Form
Ms. Tibbs: The Journey for Food
WUSA 9-TV, Alexandria, VA
Television Top 15 Markets – Documentary
Jeremy Campbell, Erin Peterson, Matt Livingston, Ciara Frisbie, Donesha Aldridge
WXIA 11Alive News, Atlanta, GA
Radio – Network
Radio – Network – News: Series
Memorializing the Queen of Soul – Aretha Franklin
Pink Cadillacs Line up for Aretha Franklin’s Funeral- Correspondent Cheryl Corley
Cheryl Corley, Debbie Elliott, Denice Rios
NPR, Chicago, IL, Orange Beach, AL, Culver City, CA
Radio – Network – Documentary
Debbie Elliott, Vickie Walton-James, Walter Ray Watson, Laura Smitherman
NPR, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – National
Newspaper – National – Feature: Series
New York Times Staff
The New York Times, New York, N.Y.
Newspaper – National – Photo Story
Wayne Lawrence, Allison Pasek, Elissa Curtis, Lucy Gilmour
The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.
Newspaper – National – Special Project
Wesley Lowery, Kimbriell Kelly, Steven Rich, Ted Mellnik
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – National – Investigative
“The Gatekeeper:” Manager for Black Actresses Accused of Sexual Harassment
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – National – Business
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Newspaper – National – Commentary
Carron J. Phillips – Atlanta, GA
New York Daily News
Newspaper – National – Feature: Single Story
How Doctors Deal With Racist Patients
The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
Newspaper – National – News: Single Story
Black Women Candidates for Congress Say They’re Reclaiming their Time
USA Today, Washington, D.C.
Television Network
Television Network – Specialty
Jenn Suozzo, Katie Boyle, Lester Holt, Eric Salzman, Elissa Candiotti
NBC Nightly News, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Sports
Matt Sullivan, Carmelo Anthony, Pace Bowden, Rachel Roderman, Eric Yeboah
Bleacher Report, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Investigative
Undercover with Nigeria’s Pushermen
Nima Elbagir, Lillian Leposo, Dominique Van Heerden, Hassan John, Nick Migwi
CNN, Atlanta, GA
Television Network – Public Affairs: Segment
The Legacy of Lynching (Password – museum)
Oprah Winfrey, Denise Schrier Cetta, Megan Kelty, Terry Manning
CBS News 60 Minutes, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Public Affairs: Program
BET News Presents: Angela Rye’s Midterm Election Special: Our Vote. Our Power.
Angela Rye, Mikael Moore, Jason Samuels , Steve Ramey, Angela Chambers
BET News, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Feature: Short Form
CBS Evening News – On The Road: Four-year-old Superhero has the Power to Feed the Homeless
Steve Hartman, Mosheh Oinounou, Jeff Glor, Katie Brennan
CBS Evening News, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Feature: Long Form
Becoming Michelle: A First Lady’s Journey with Robin Roberts
ABC News, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – General Assignment News: Long Form
ABC News, Atlanta, GA
Television Network – General Assignment News: Short Form
Nearly 750 Charter Schools are Whiter than the Nearby District Schools
NBC Nightly News, The Hechinger Report, Type Investigations, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – International
Kathleen Toner, Jimmy Mazzullo, Michelle Genece Patterson, Christie O’Reilly, Mark Doctrow
CNN, New York, N.Y.
Television Network – Documentary
ESPN Features
Photojournalism
Photojournalism: Videography
Jarrad Henderson
USA Today, McLean, VA
Photojournalism: Single Image
Into the Blue
Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
Photojournalism: Multiple Images
The Women’s Final
Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
Podcast
Podcast – Lifestyle
Christopher Johnson, Christopher Werth
WNYC News, New York, N.Y.
Mary Harris
Slate, Brooklyn, N.Y.
New York, N.Y.
Podcast – Commentary and Discussion
Scroll Down: Where’s Grandma?: Exposing Cracks in Pennsylvania’s Guardianship System
KYW News Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Podcast – Arts and Culture
Brian Palmer, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan
Type Investigations, New York, N.Y.
Stan Alcorn, Fernanda Camarena
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Emeryville, CA, PRX
PR & Marketing Campaigns
PR & Marketing Campaigns – Government
D.C. Housing Finance Agency, Washington, D.C
PR & Marketing Campaigns – Cause Related-Business-Product
Lincoln Partners with Superstar NE-YO
1 Voice Communications, Macomb, MI
Lincoln Motor Company
PR & Marketing Campaigns – Business Services
NIKE Chicago’s Summer of Basketball Campaign
Flowers Communications Group and Nike
PR & Marketing Campaigns – Online Media
Fashionomics Africa Masterclass by African Development Bank
Jennifer Blanke , Vanessa Moungar, Victor Oladokun, Emanuela Gregorio, Alphonso Van Marsh
PR & Marketing Campaigns – TV
TV One
Silver Spring, MD
Magazine – Under 1 Million
Magazine – Under 1 Million – General Reporting
Dining While Black: Race and the Philly Food Scene
Ernest Owens
Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
Magazine – Under 1 Million – Business
Why Co-ops and Community Farms Can’t Close the Racial Wealth Gap
YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA
Magazine – Under 1 Million – Commentary/Essay
Racism and the Trump Administration
The Atlantic, San Antonio, TX
Magazine – Under 1 Million – Specialty
YES! Magazine, Bainbridge Island, WA
Magazine – Under 1 Million – International
Fortune, New York, N.Y.
Magazine – Over 1 Million
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Specialty
When Racism Anchors Your Health
VICE, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Sports
Most Dominant Athlete of 2018: Simone Biles
ESPN The Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Art & Design: Page Design
ESPN, Bristol, CT
Magazine – Over 1 Million – General Reporting
How the Warriors Became the Wokest Team in Pro Sports
ESPN the Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT
Magazine – Over 1 Million – International
In Senegal, Female Empowerment, Prestige and Wealth Is Measured in Glittering Gold
Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, D.C.
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Commentary/Essay
For NFL Players, One Daunting Question Looms
ESPN the Magazine/Undefeated, Bristol, CT
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Single Topic Series
Gerri Hirshey, Touré
AARP The Magazine, Washington, D.C.
Magazine – Over 1 Million – Investigative
Six Black Girls Were Brutally Murdered in the Early ’70s. Why Was This Case Never Solved?
The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Radio – Market 16 and Below
Radio Market – Market 16 and Below – News: Series
Race, Slavery, Lynching, Memory and Monuments
Most People At Raleigh Public Hearing Want To Keep Confederate Monuments
American Universities, Monuments And Slavery Topic Of Discussion At Duke
WUNC – N.C. Public Radio, Durham, N.C.
Radio Market – Market 16 and Below – Documentary
Alabama Public Radio
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Sports
Can ‘Relentless’ Freshman Emoni Bates Jump Straight to NBA?
The Detroit News, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Single Story
A Texas-Sized Tragedy: Horrific Convict-Leasing System Exposes Dark Truths About American History
Jeffrey L. Boney
Forward Times Publishing Co. / Houston Forward Times
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Commentary
Race in Louisiana’s Past and Not-So-Distant Past
NOLA.com / The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Specialty
Rental Enforcement Lags in Detroit’s Lead Hot Spots
The Detroit News, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – News Series
A Broken System: Behind the Bars of Texas Prisons
The Dallas Examiner, Dallas, TX
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Feature Single Story
Kaleb’s Christmas Wish: A Gravestone for His Friend
The Detroit News, Detroit, MI
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Art & Design: Page Design
MLK50: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Karen Carter Richards, Grace Boateng
Forward Times Publishing / Houston Forward Times, Houston, TX
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Business
Roxbury Businesses Seek Revitalization Through Cultural District
Boston Business Journal, Boston, MA
Newspaper – Local Under 100,000 – Investigative
Asbury Park Press, USA Today Network, New Jersey
Television Market 16 and Below
Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Segment
(starts approx. 22:04 into program)
Milwaukee Public Television, Milwaukee, WI
Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Program
Stephon Clark: A Call for Change
Television Market 16 and Below – Public Affairs: Specialty
“Black Nouveau: Amazing Grace Chorus”
(starts approx. 7:43 into program)
Milwaukee PBS, Milwaukee, WI
Hope and Healing: Fighting Fibroids
WBOC-TV, Salisbury, MD
Television Market 16 and Below – General Assignment News: Long Form
Valentino Dixon: Wrongfully Convicted – Finally Free 27 Years Later
Claudine Ewing, Andy DeSantis, Bob Mancuso
WGRZ-TV, Buffalo, N.Y.
Television Market 16 and Below – Feature: Long Form
Jalen and Joanna: A Lead Paint Story
WSBE-Rhode Island PBS, University of Rhode Island
WBTV, Charlotte, N.C.
Television Market 16 and Below – General Assignment News: Short Form
Asheville School: 50 Years Later
Justin Hinton, Jordan Powell
WLOS, Asheville, N.C.
Television Market 16 and Below – Documentary
WBTV, Charlotte, N.C.
Television Market 16 and Below – Feature: Short Form
WTVD, Durham, N.C.
COLLEGIATE AWARDS
Digital Media – Undergraduate
Digital Media Undergraduate – Online Feature Reporting
University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL
Digital Media – Graduate
Digital Media – Graduate – Best Use of Multimedia – Special Project
Carnegie-Knight News21
Digital Media – Graduate – Online Feature Reporting
We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault
The Nation and Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University
Digital Media – Graduate – Best Use of Multimedia – Online Sports Reporting
Jackson State, Alcorn State Battle in Soul Bowl for SWAC East Crown
Louisiana State University
HBCU Gameday
Photography – Graduate
Photography – Graduate – Multiple Images
In Picture and Sound: First Annual Black Joy Parade Takes Over Downtown Oakland
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA
Newspaper – Undergraduate
Newspaper – Undergraduate – Feature Reporting
Financial Strain Discourages Those Who Need to Get Checked for Breast Cancer
Alyssa Burr – Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Photography – Graduate
Photography – Graduate – Multiple Images
In Picture and Sound: First Annual Black Joy Parade Takes Over Downtown Oakland
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA
Radio – Undergraduate
Radio Undergraduate News Reporting
Anti-Confederate Protesters Disrupt Independence Day Celebration in St. Augustine
University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL
Radio Undergraduate – Radio Feature Reporting
Cemetery Restoration After Hurricane Irma
Restoration Begins For Private Cemeteries Affected By Hurricane Irma
Matthew Arrojas, Luke Sullivan
University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL
Radio Undergraduate – Radio Sports Reporting
Overcoming Adversity Through Archery
University of Florida WUFT, Gainesville, FL
Television – Undergraduate
Television Undergraduate – Television Sports Reporting
Blind Brophy Football Player has Vision for Success
Cronkite News, Phoenix, AZ
Television Undergraduate – General Assignment News: Short Form
Michigan Central Train Station Gets a Makeover: “Old Train Station Heading In a New Direction”
NABJ Monitor 2018
Television Undergraduate – Television Feature Reporting
The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Makes Sure Kids Don’t Strike Out
Howard University News Service
Television Undergraduate – General TV News Reporting
March for Our Lives Brings Hundreds of Thousands to Nation’s Capital
Howard University News Service
Television Undergraduate – Best Newscast
Sommer Hill, Bria Patterson, Evan Brooks, Bre’onna Richardson
Howard University News Service
Television Undergraduate – Documentary
Regent University
Digital Media
Digital Media – Single Story News
Chaos After Chicago Police Shoot Harith Augustus
Nader Issa
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Digital Media – Sports
How J.R. Smith Bounced Back from Game 1
The Undefeated, Washington, D.C.
An Endless Fight, A Defining Choice
Sporting News, Laurel, MD
Digital Media – Online Project: News
Detroit Free Press Coverage of the Death and Funeral of Aretha Franklin
Staff of the Detroit Free Press
Digital Media – Online Project: Feature
No Ceilings: How African American Female Athletes Use Community to Navigate Negative Images
Lonnae O’Neal, Maya Jones, The Undefeated Staff
The Undefeated, Washington, D.C./ Bristol, CT
Digital Media – Interactive: Feature
Taryn Finley, Paul Josephson, Jennifer Kho, Marc Janks, Ivylise Simones
HuffPost, New York, N.Y.
Christy Havranek, Chris McGonigal
Digital Media – Interactive: News
Trooper Tases Teen on ATV, Police Video Reveals What Happens Next
Elisha W. Anderson, Ann Zaniewski, John Wisely, Brian Kaufman
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI
Digital Media – Commentary/Weblog
Gizmodo Media Group
The Root, New York, N.Y.
Digital Media – Single Story: Feature
“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”
ProPublica/The Frontline Dispatch, New York, N.Y.